ESPN: Coaches Behaving Badly

[dahoopref]

Interesting piece done by ESPN:

[bballref3966]

My favorite part is when the coach says "I'm not a dog" when talking about officials telling him to stay in the box. Sure, let's just allow coaches to roam freely up and down the sideline. Plus, we didn't make this rule that makes you feel like a "dog." Basically it sounds like that coach thinks he's entitled to act however he pleases, which is a big problem in the college game.

I wouldn't be completely against a "seatbelt rule" in the college game similar to NFHS if it gets the behavior we see out of the game. Or officials can start putting their foot down and clamping down on awful behavior more than they are now. It's bad for the game and it sends a bad message to young people.

[Raymond]

Honestly, these coaches sounded like a bunch of hypocrites and idiots in this piece.

[just another ref]

It's ironic that we're reading about coaches complaining about added scrutiny due to increased presence of media and amateur technology.

Tell us something we don't know.

[Rich]

A bunch of well-placed technical fouls would fix this kind of thing.

I mean, look at Shashevsky this afternoon -- he doesn't like a conversation he has with Luckie, turns and throws his marker, and seems genuinely shocked that he got whacked. He was still shocked much later.

Perhaps if the conferences got a bit tougher and told officials to hold coaches accountable maybe the behavior would iimprove.

[dahoopref]

Originally Posted by Rich

A bunch of well-placed technical fouls would fix this kind of thing.

Perhaps if the conferences got a bit tougher and told officials to hold coaches accountable maybe the behavior would iimprove.

As long as there are conferences where coaches have a say in rating an official (which in turn affects their pay tier) or constantly have influence on the assignor, you'd be hard pressed to have referees issue more T's on the coaches.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Honestly, these coaches sounded like a bunch of hypocrites and idiots in this piece.

Absolutely.

And when a coach does not want to be treated like a dog, but then they talk to us like we are a dog.

Funny on so many levels how these coaches sound so stupid. Yes, I said stupid.

Peace